On Tuesday, officials released photos of a Connecticut home where a woman allegedly held her stepson captive for 20 years. CT Insider, who obtained the photos from Waterbury police, reported that the 32-year-old victim set fire to a room in an attempted escape on February 17. The man’s stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, 57, allegedly kept him …
Jury selection kicked off Tuesday morning for the retrial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her Boston police offficer boyfriend, John O’Keefe. Read’s second murder trial began as Judge Beverly Cannone introduced the case and instructed 92 prospective jurors at Norfolk Superior Court. Judge Cannone listed 150 potential witnesses for the trial, …
Olathe police have issued a Silver Alert for a 71-year-old woman who vanished Sunday morning, and may be traveling with her dog in a red sedan. Gayl Stockman was last spotted around 9:30 a.m. on March 30, leaving the 15800 block of West 150th Terrace. She has not been seen or heard from since. Police …
A Louisiana man has been convicted of repeatedly inappropriately touching his girlfriend’s 8-year-old daughter. On Friday, Lawrence Burt, 48, of Pearl River, was found guilty of indecent behavior with a juvenile under the age of 13, according to a press release from J. Collin Sims, the 22nd Judicial District Attorney. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s …
A Shelby County, Tennessee, district attorney is seeking to transfer a teenage suspect’s murder and rape trial to adult court. In July 2024, Aaliyah Kyles, 19, was raped and murdered at her home at 3901 Bald Eagle Drive, according to the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office. WREG reported that neighbors heard a disturbance and gunshots …
An Ohio man who allegedly killed his 13-year-old daughter last week reportedly concealed evidence related to the case. Darnell Jones’ girlfriend reportedly told police that Jones called her on March 21 about turning off the home cameras. The girlfriend — who claimed she did not turn off the cameras — also recounted being in the …
Las Vegas police arrested a babysitter accused of stabbing a 3-year-old girl to death. Marketta Phillips, 41, is charged with open murder with a deadly weapon. Authorities said the attack happened around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at an apartment on the 4200 block of Channel 10 Drive, about five miles south of downtown Vegas. The child’s …
Two teachers at a small private Christian school in Georgia have been charged with sexually abusing the same student. Bonnie Elizabeth Brown, 25, and Sherri Delle Mauldin, 60, face multiple felony charges for the alleged abuse while teaching at Nathanael Greene Academy, a K-12 school in rural Siloam, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said …
The body of a 7-year-old North Carolina boy, missing since last week, was found Tuesday afternoon in a Franklin County river, officials said. On Tuesday, officials confirmed that crews recovered the body of Ronald Brodie Jr., CBS 17 reports. Ronald was last seen on March 17 in the Tar River, near Hodges Road, located between …
On Monday, a California judge sentenced former UFC fighter Cain Velasquez to five years in prison for trying to shoot his 4-year-old son’s alleged molester in 2022. According to the Los Angeles Times, Velasquez, 42, chased down a pickup truck containing Harry Goularte and two other people for 11 miles before opening fire at an …
Matthew Hertgen, the 31-year-old Princeton murder suspect accused of killing his younger brother and allegedly eating his eyeball, appeared in court Monday as he learned his case would go to a grand jury. According to The New York Post, Hertgen wore an unkempt beard and a red crew neck sweatshirt during the brief Zoom proceedings …
A suburban Philadelphia fire chief has been suspended after he was arrested and charged with throwing his infant daughter so hard he fractured her skull. Brian Salt served as chief of the Falls Township Fire Company until his suspension. He was also placed on administrative leave from his post as a firefighter and emergency medical …
